misdial

[ verb mis-dahy-uhl, -dahyl; noun mis-dahy-uhl, -dahyl ]

verb (used with or without object)

, mis·di·aled, mis·di·al·ing or (especially British) mis·di·alled, mis·di·al·ling.

1. to dial incorrectly.

noun

1. an act or instance of misdialing.

Word History and Origins

Origin of misdial¹

First recorded in 1960–65; mis- ¹ + dial

Example Sentences

The "burner phone" advice is of course in reference to former head coach Hugh Freeze, who was dismissed from the university for a number of reasons, none funnier than his "misdial" of an escort service from his cell phone.

From Golf Digest

If you don't recall, this is the same guy that once staged his own fake funeral while he was still head coach at Ole Miss, a school where he racked up numerous recruiting violations and was later forced to resign after it was revealed he had made calls to a female escort service, which he believed was a misdial in one of the greatest excuses of all time.

From Golf Digest

“I was in an 813 area code and that was a 313 number, I think that might have been a misdial.”

From Golf Digest

In the meantime, the misdial got us thinking.

From Golf Digest

And Freeze first claimed that one call to an escort was simply a misdial.

From Washington Times